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Max Kelly

Associate Professor, International and Community Development

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Associate Professor, International and Community Development
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • +61 3 556 33316 (Work)
  • Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280

BIO

Associate Professor, International and Community Developmen

Max Kelly is an Associate Professor and Course Director of International and
Community Development, and Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Action, at
Deakin University, Australia. Her areas of expertise include international and
community development policy and practice. She has a sectoral focus in food
security, food systems, and sustainability at local, national and
international levels, alongside a critical focus on global political economy
of development, and social justice.

She holds a PhD in International Development (Kingston), a Masters in Rural
and Regional Resource Planning (Aberdeen), and a Bachelors in Agricultural
Science (Dublin). Her recent research has focused on Political Economy
Analysis, livestock development and animal welfare, Impact Assessment in
development policy and practice, and research methods in an African Context.

Recent books include: Rethinking Multilateralism in Foreign Aid: Beyond the
Neoliberal Hegemony (Routledge), Foreign Aid in an Age of Populism: Political
Economy Analysis from Washington to Beijing (Routledge), Women Researching In
Africa, (Palgrave Macmillan), Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid: Value for
Money and Aid for Trade (Academic Publishers/Elsevier). She has consulted and
volunteered with a wide range of organisations, from international NGOs,
multilateral organizations, and government departments, through to farm
extensions services and lcaol community based organsations.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor, International and Community Development
    Deakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia7 Feb 2005 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Kingston University
  • Master of Science
    University of Aberdeen
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Agricultural Science
    Univ. College Dublin, Ireland

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Political science
  • Development studies
  • Gender studies
  • Human geography
  • Policy and administration

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

RESEARCH STRENGTHS